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MD Longhorn Mon Aug 16, 2010 04:44pm

Your chance to wipe out a bad mechanic
 
OK... it's you're chance. You get to wave your wand and pick one bad mechanic and erase it from the minds of the entire country of umpires.

Do you pick BU's who have to go remind the new F1 that there's a runner on 2nd, 1 out?

Do you pick umpires who run around the field with the DDB signal, holding it there until they get to the base they're protected to?

Do you pick PU who has to go chat with the crowd between half-innings?

Do you pick the PU who yells PLAY after every foul ball so loudly and so late that he's nearly caused illegal pitches?

Or something else entirely - what's you're umpire pet peeve you wish you could fix?

Me ... I'm going with the first one, wishing I had 4 wishes...

IRISHMAFIA Mon Aug 16, 2010 04:48pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbcrowder (Post 688890)

Do you pick umpires who run around the field with the DDB signal, holding it there until they get to the base they're protected to?

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I don't have a problem with this one as long as the umpire isn't running around like a chicken with a broken wing.

SethPDX Mon Aug 16, 2010 05:01pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbcrowder (Post 688890)
OK... it's you're chance. You get to wave your wand and pick one bad mechanic and erase it from the minds of the entire country of umpires.

Do you pick BU's who have to go remind the new F1 that there's a runner on 2nd, 1 out?

Do you pick umpires who run around the field with the DDB signal, holding it there until they get to the base they're protected to?

Do you pick PU who has to go chat with the crowd between half-innings?

Do you pick the PU who yells PLAY after every foul ball so loudly and so late that he's nearly caused illegal pitches?

Or something else entirely - what's you're umpire pet peeve you wish you could fix?

Me ... I'm going with the first one, wishing I had 4 wishes...

I don't get four choices?

For some reason the first one irritates me the most.

The other one I don't like is the PU who never signals play.

youngump Mon Aug 16, 2010 05:55pm

PU who calls strike and then comes out to me on the appeal. :(
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KJUmp Mon Aug 16, 2010 07:01pm

BU's who signal&announce the number of outs to the defense.

NCASAUmp Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:34pm

"31" instead of "3 balls, 1 strike!"

Or how about the PU screaming "foul ball" when it goes 40 feet over the fence?

okla21fan Tue Aug 17, 2010 09:37am

Removing my mask with my right hand (20+ years of a catcher habit is hard to break)

MichaelVA2000 Tue Aug 17, 2010 09:40am

Or...the PU that always signals foul tip when the batted ball is actually a foul ball.

CelticNHBlue Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:55am

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Originally Posted by okla21fan (Post 688952)
Removing my mask with my right hand (20+ years of a catcher habit is hard to break)

I do that and won't change. I tried, not comfortable with it, not changing it. I'll take the ding and move on. If that is the biggest flaw in my game, I'll take it.;)

CelticNHBlue Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:56am

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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp (Post 688919)
Or how about the PU screaming "foul ball" when it goes 40 feet over the fence?

Mostly when it is the over the home run fence!!! :eek:

CelticNHBlue Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:58am

My wish is to end the swinging third strike - pull the bow and bang 'em out. That is the one that puts me over the edge.

CecilOne Tue Aug 17, 2010 02:05pm

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Originally Posted by youngump (Post 688900)
PU who calls strike and then comes out to me on the appeal. :(

Or the other side of the coin, a BU who responds to a player's ask.

CecilOne Tue Aug 17, 2010 02:06pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by KJUmp (Post 688904)
BU's who signal&announce the number of outs to the defense.

And who signal foul balls, especially prematurely.

And signal the count when not announced by PU.

MD Longhorn Tue Aug 17, 2010 02:08pm

Ugh yes. And PU's who signal or call foul ball prematurely.

BlitzkriegBob Tue Aug 17, 2010 02:17pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbcrowder (Post 688890)
Do you pick PU who has to go chat with the crowd between half-innings?

Out of the four you listed, this would probably be the one I'd pick, but I'd expand it to include anyone who spends too much time chatting it up with players, coaches, and spectators.

If I were picking one of my own, I'd say it would be umpires who want to use baseball mechanics during softball games. Or maybe the slow pitch umpires who keep calling pitches "deep", "flat", or "plate", using the infamous double fist pump immortalized by piano playing umpires all over the world. Or slow pitch umpires working solo who don't move out from behind the plate except to grab their umbrella from the backstop when it starts to rain. Yes, I saw that this year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KJUmp (Post 688904)
BU's who signal&announce the number of outs to the defense.

I've been wanting to ask a related question for a while now, and this kinda jarred my memory. I've worked with a bunch of people who want to signal outs all the time, using what I refer to as the "baseball signal" for outs, with both arms out to your sides flashing the corresponding fingers for outs. You can see a lot of that during the LLWS. I'm not saying it's a formal baseball signal, but that's what I tell rookies when they start flashing that at me during games. Me personally, I prefer a discreet signal between my partner and me if there is a question as to the number of outs. If I get a 1-2-3 inning, I'm not flashing outs any time. What do you guys do?


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